Six Degrees
On All Things Considered yesterday I head a story debunking the theory of Six Degrees of Separation.
One of the ideas behind Stanley Milgram theory is that a lost-letter could get to the right person in only six hops. This sounds a little strange to me. When I think about Six Degrees of Separation, I do not see it this way. I count a lot of people in this that I would not ask a favor of. I can get to George W. Bush in three steps. It does not mean I can ask favors of the people between us. It is a question of how you define degrees of separation.
One of the ideas behind Stanley Milgram theory is that a lost-letter could get to the right person in only six hops. This sounds a little strange to me. When I think about Six Degrees of Separation, I do not see it this way. I count a lot of people in this that I would not ask a favor of. I can get to George W. Bush in three steps. It does not mean I can ask favors of the people between us. It is a question of how you define degrees of separation.
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